Marie Curie Cancer Care

Marie Curie Cancer Careis a UK charity which provides care and support to people with terminal illnesses and their families. This charity is a member of the AMRC.

In an ethical policy statement on its website, the charity makes clear that “as an organisation providing care, we are not seeking a change in the law to permit euthanasia or physician assisted suicide.” Further in the article, however, it is stated that Marie Curie supports the existing right for patients to make advanced decisions to refuse treatment. In the same policy statement, the charity asserts that it “does not carry out or fund any experiments whatsoever on human embryos or human embryonic stem cells. Marie Curie has no plans to do so in the future”.

Please send any information you may have about this charity to SPUC, either by email to news@spuc.org.uk or by post to SPUC HQ.